Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital
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The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, also known as Moses Cone Hospital, is a 517-bed tertiary care facility located in Greensboro, North Carolina. The hospital opened in 1953 on North Elm Street as a 310-bed community hospital. Moses Cone Hospital is the central facility of Cone Health, a network of medical care facilities serving Guilford County and surrounding areas. As of 2023, Preston Hammock serves as regional president for the Greensboro market which includes Moses Cone Hospital.[1]
Moses Cone Hospital is the largest hospital in its four county region (Alamance, Guilford, Randolph, and Rockingham counties). The hospital is a designated Level II Trauma Center.
History
Funding for a hospital began after the 1908 death of Moses H. Cone, a North Carolina magnate who founded the
Cone was a segregated, whites-only hospital until 1963, when the
In the late 1970s, a dispute over payments after the completion of a new wing eventually reached the
In 2013, Cone Health opened a new patient tower referred to as North Tower.[3] A new entrance off Church Street opened on February 1, 2014.
On February 23, 2020, maternity services moved to the campus of Moses Cone Hospital from
In 2022, Cone Health announced the expansion of Heart & Vascular care on the Moses Cone Hospital campus. The project includes a 156,000 sq. ft., five-story heart and vascular outpatient tower[5] as well as 37,000 sq. ft. of renovated space inside the hospital for coordinated care.
References
- ^ "Hammock named president of The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital". The Courier-Tribune. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ISSN 0003-4819.
- ^ "Cone Health preparing to open North Tower". The Triad Business Journal. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ^ [email protected], Kenwyn Caranna. "Oh, baby: Cone's new Women's & Children's Center is 'ideal place' for expectant moms — and dads, too". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ "Cone Health begins work on heart and vascular tower project at Moses Cone Memorial". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2023-05-03.